We understand that this summer has been busy.  So if you missed our Summer WUG Roadshow, you can still catch up on everything that we shared.

Learn about the tools
First, watch the following episode of the App Transformer's show to learn about the tools available to help you easily analyze your enterprise Java applications, move them to Liberty in the cloud, and refactor your applications into microservices. 

Next, join us for the Lab
The lab will provide fundamental hands-on experience of the evaluation process of enterprise Java applications running on WebSphere Application Server traditional for their modernization journey to run on a cloud-native Java runtime like Liberty in containers for cloud and Kubernetes-based deployments. It shows the value of using Transformation Advisor available in WebSphere Hybrid Edition to evaluate on-premises Java applications and identify a migration candidate for moving to the cloud. When you complete this lab, you learn how to use this tool to quickly analyze on-premises Java applications without accessing their source code and to estimate the move to cloud efforts. Next, you'll see how applications deployed in containers with Liberty as the runtime can be built, deployed and managed with the same common technologies and methodologies that would be used by cloud-native (built from scratch for Kubernetes and cloud) applications.

Links shared during the Lab:

• Lab instructions: https://github.com/IBMTechSales/klp-think2022-labs/tree/master/1161-RuntimeModernization
• We recently had an App Transformers episode to "Modernize your WebSphere apps to Liberty easily with tools."  You may have to subscribe to IBM Expert TV (http://ibm.biz/experttv) before you can access the replay.
• You can get TA Local 3.1 at: https://www.ibm.com/garage/method/practices/learn/ibm-transformation-advisor/
• Learn more about modernization tools:
• Assess your application estate with Transformation Advisor:  http://ibm.biz/cloudta  or  https://www.ibm.com/garage/method/practices/learn/ibm-transformation-advisor
• Make changes confidently using WebSphere Migration Toolkit: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/318851
• Test drive the Mono2Micro refactoring experience: https://www.ibm.com/cloud/mono2micro
• Learn more about Security hardening for production:  https://openliberty.io/docs/latest/security-hardening.html
• Learn more about the WebSphere Customer Advisory Board: http://ibm.biz/WebSphereAdvisoryBoard  or  https://epwt-www.mybluemix.net/software/support/trial/cst/programwebsite.wss?siteId=559&tabId=1135&w=1
• Connect with others:
• WebSphere & Liberty Community: https://ibm.biz/WUG-community  or  https://community.ibm.com/community/user/wasdevops/communities/community-home?CommunityKey=5c4ba155-561a-4794-9883-bb0c6164e14e
• Join a local WebSphere User Group: https://ibm.biz/join-a-WUG  or  https://community.ibm.com/community/user/wasdevops/user-groups

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